Monday, 25 April 2016

Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur {Yomna's Review}

My rating: 4/5

If I had to choose one book of poems to read in my whole life I would probably pick this one. If you are a young feminist you are missing out on a lot if you don't pick this one up. The writing is absolutely enchanting and stunning. I cannot begin to express my admiration.

It is quite fitting that next week in school is poetry week because it means I can share one of the poems in this book. They are so inspiring and the illustrations fit well with the words.

This book is about a lot of things. Loving yourself, healthy relationships, violence, healing, learning, and so many things of life. It makes me think about things that I am quite sure I would never think of on my own. This makes me think about the statement by CS Lewis, "We read to know we are not alone." because never have I related this much to a book. I flew through the pages and I am so sad that I read the ebook because I really want to buy it and be able to view the illustrations in better quality. The Writing: I actually read very little poetry, but I think now I will look into reading more in that area. I think I'm just used to silly rhymes and have yet to read a book like this where it is written in free verse. Anyways, the writing is absolutely lovely and I deeply enjoyed it and was ripping through the pages.

Deeply recommend it: I'm actually making Srishti read this but just beware because it does contain some mature content because it really doesn't hold back on anything. Worth the read, completely.

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